13/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - Luxembourg company ASTRA, which is part of the SES group, announced on Tuesday 12 January that it had been awarded a second contract by the European Commission to provide hosted payload services to EGNOS (the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service). The new payload will operate in L-band and be located onboard the new ASTRA 5B satellite that was recently ordered from EADS ASTRIUM. The satellite is scheduled for launch in the second quarter of 2013. ASTRA will also provide the related ground infrastructure needed to operate the awarded payload. (A.By./transl.rt)